High Pitched motherboard whine

HahnSolo · Aug 9, 2014

It seems to have been a constant problem with this computer after i made a few upgrades to it a few weeks ago. It seems to almost have gotten gradually worse. I have removed parts and checked them one at a time. It is definitely the motherboard. Its a constant whine, under load or not under load, its always the same no matter what settings the computer is on or what the components are doing. With the case off, I can hear the noise from halfway across the room. I do have very hyper sensitive hearing, and the whine has not caused me any actual computer issues in the 2 weeks or so ive noticed it. I would just appreciate some insight or advice to lower or remove this issue because it is driving me crazy!

Specs:
Asustek M11BB (FM2) motherboard
AMD A-10 6700 series 3.7 quad core processor
8 gigs DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 graphics card

Thanks!

CompGee · Aug 9, 2014

The issue is called coil whine. It does not harm anything. Are there any coils on the motherboard?

HahnSolo · Aug 9, 2014

CompGee :

I'm not an expert so I wouldn't know what to look for. I don't think its coil whine. I had coil whine on a junk off-brand PSU that i replaced on this computer, and that was a different sound. The psu whine fluctuated, this whine is constant no matter what im doing with the computer.

scout_03 · Aug 9, 2014

check if it is not some of the fan that made this and post a sound record of it .

CompGee · Aug 9, 2014

^What he is saying is to listen to the fans in the system and see if there is some fan that is making that racket. If a fan is making the racket, replace it. If the fan is in the PSU, RMA it, if the thing is under warranty. If not, replace the fan in the PSU.

HahnSolo · Aug 9, 2014

CompGee :

I replaced the PSU and the heatsink in the past month due to overheating issues and because the old PSU was just a pile of junk. I used a method suggested in another forum post to track down the exact location of the sound and it seems to be coming from somewhere either by the RAM, or hard drive. I also did a search around, and didn't see any coils anywhere on the motherboard. The sound is coming from the area highlighted in red. I know its about the worst cable management job in the world, but that wouldn't cause the issue i dont think...

CompGee · Aug 9, 2014

Has the computer been slowly getting slower?

scout_03 · Aug 9, 2014

i would put the drive to the lowest part in the cage it is holding only by 2 screws and at a angle i would also check if there is not something that touch the fan blade on the cpu do you have another fan below this cooler and give the name and model of that case .

HahnSolo · Aug 9, 2014

CompGee :

scout_03 :

There is no other fans below the heatsink fan. The case has 4 fans: heatsink fan, excess fan, psu fan, and gpu fan. I did my best to try to make sure none of the wires are touching the fans, and they arn't I double checked. I would have to remove all the components to remove the hard drive, but im tempted to do so since I found out, while during trying to record the sound, that the noise was much stronger towards the hard drive than the motherboard. It might be the hard drive thats making the sound.

No, the computer is definitely not any slower. Not that ive noticed anyways. Skyrim runs 60 fps on high without fail.

Also the sound cant be heard in the mp3 after i uploaded the mp3 to a website. Weird.

CompGee · Aug 9, 2014

I would try another hard drive in the computer. Do you have another hard drive to swap in right now?

scout_03 · Aug 9, 2014

it could a hum sound at 60 hz since this look like the 24 pins atx touch the drive case that why i ask you to move it to the lower .for the fan you could even had one in the front and does she have air vent on the top so you could put the psu fan to push air out .

HahnSolo · Aug 9, 2014

CompGee :

Well, I need to get one now. Its 110% definitely the hard drive, I unplugged the SATA cable to it and turned on the PC and the noise was entirely gone. Ive been thinking of upgrading to a solid state drive for a while anyways. Any chance you know of a cheap place to get one?

Also, I have a prehistoric 100 Gig hard drive with lightning fast windows XP on it. But I dont even think it would hold all the data on my current busted drive.

scout_03 · Aug 9, 2014

give a look here http://www.ncixus.com/products/?minorcatid=1275 and for the hdd use the drive maker tool for test if it is under warranty you could rma it .

HahnSolo · Aug 9, 2014

scout_03 :

I dont think its under warranty. Its the stock one that came with this PC, and ive long since voided this things warranty. I think ill just get a 500 gigabyte hard drive for cheap since those are out of my price range. Thanks for the help!

scout_03 · Aug 9, 2014

the hdd page link http://www.ncixus.com/products/?minorcatid=109

CompGee · Aug 9, 2014

Make sure to clone the HDD to the new one. After the HDD has been cloned, destroy the data on it by low-level formatting it in the OS with H.D.D.L.L.F. After the data has been destroyed, use the drive as target practice (shoot it with a bunch of guns).

HahnSolo · Aug 10, 2014

CompGee :

I'm having some issues with cloning it, but yeah, thats actually exactly what i plan to do with this piece of junk. I hope it likes 12 gauge buckshot.

CompGee · Aug 10, 2014

That's nice. I shot an old Athlon64 computer that got REALLY hot. It could literally burn your legs.

scout_03 · Aug 10, 2014

if you have kids let them open and destroy it so they will how it is made and learn at the same time .

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